Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 393
"Men's four-season clothes are 40 taels per year, and women's four-season clothes are 20 taels a year. Those who are not married will be halved. The monthly money for men and women is two taels if they are under 15 years old; two.

Married wives, each will be given 300 taels of silver to wear, and each girl will be given 200 taels of silver when going out.Children get married and exchange cups, and give ten taels of cigarette money; send pig wine for meeting relatives, and give them ten taels of cigarette money; as for asking questions, giving clothes, and cigarette money, the children's parents pay by themselves, and the public doesn't care.If you want pig wine, you will still give pig wine; if you change it into silver money, you will give a total of 50 taels of silver..." Cao Yong couldn't help laughing when he read this.

What will continue to marry later, the married woman will return to her natal family, the married woman will have children, and the first wife will die of illness, so what about the continued marriage.

"What is this? The newly drafted family rules?" Cao Yong looked at the booklet and asked Chu Yu.

Chu Yu shook her head: "It's not a new one, it's mostly an old practice in the mansion. It's just that my grandfather and father were not of high rank, the mansion was not populated, and a lot of money was out of date now, so Chu Yu decided to do the same. Sister Zijing discussed and added some. For example, for the clothes of the four seasons every year, the old rule in the mansion was 15 taels a year for men and 15 taels a year for women. These years, the father-in-law and mother-in-law are all in the south, and the rule here is still decades It was set before. The prices at that time were different from now, [-] taels per year, not to mention clothes for the four seasons, even winter woolen clothes are not enough.”

Cao Yong nodded, looked at the one about marrying a wife, which only cost 300 taels, and said: "Is this one set too little? How can 300 taels of silver be enough to marry a house wife?"

Chu Yu said: "My son-in-law, this silver is just for dowry. Other weddings and wedding wines are made separately. When calculated together, it costs a thousand taels of silver. Not counting the money given by each family's parents, it is The ones given by the public can also handle the marriage decently!"

Cao Yong thinks about it, too. Now the rice is only five or six silver coins per stone, and ordinary people have two silver coins a month, which is enough for life.They spend thousands of taels of silver to arrange their marriage affairs, and they can afford it no matter what.

"Why do you want to do this?" Cao Yong asked curiously when he saw Chuyu rubbing his wrist.

Chu Yu smiled and said: "There are no rules, and there are no rules. These are all my carelessness. Otherwise, I should have discussed with my son-in-law and made a decision. From now on, if the younger brothers and sisters get married, and if they get married, God bless them. I will grow up gradually, and everything must have a charter!"

Cao Yong looked at the back of the booklet, and there was money for chickens given by women for giving birth to children, money for new mats for new daughter-in-law to come in, and money for new year greetings for new son-in-law who came to the house in the first year.

Cao Yong felt dizzy looking at those numbers, and said to Chu Yu, "The regulation has been finalized. Do you know how much money you will need in a year?"

Chu Yu thought it was a good deal before she came here. Hearing Cao Yong's question, she thought for a while and said, "Not counting human relations, it costs five to six thousand taels a year."

Living in the capital, human relations are the big ones.However, fortunately, Cao Yong and Chu Yu are considered to be people of some status, and there are people who come and go in this relationship, but it's just hand in hand.Only those who pay filial piety to the palace are regarded as meat buns beating dogs, and they never return.Even if some fresh fruit tributes are given during the festivals, they cannot be exchanged for money.

Cao Yong slapped his forehead, he really couldn't make ends meet, it seems that it would be impossible not to buy office property.

Zhuangzi still has to buy it, but the property is too eye-catching. He just bought it last year, and now Zhaojia's is going to buy it again. Cao Yong's side is not easy to move.Otherwise, let people who don't know know about it, and it will be regarded as a sudden explosion of the Cao family.

It makes people ask, when the land price will be low next year... Thinking of the word "land price", Cao Yong thinks of the land in Xiaotangshan, Changping.Last year, several groups of people entrusted favors to buy land, but they were unwilling to sell it, and it would be possible to exchange land with high-quality farms.

Thinking of this, he said to Chuyu: "By the way, there are still dozens of hectares of hillside land in Changping, and springs are distributed in the middle. If ten hectares or eight hectares are divided into several pieces, we will leave them in good locations. For my own use, if selling other silver is too eye-catching, you can pick out two yuan and exchange it for two well-earned Zhuangzi."

Chu Yu was a little surprised, and asked, "Didn't the son-in-law say that he would have to wait another two years to make a move? He said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has decided to build a palace, and the land price can go up even more!"

Cao Yong said: "I originally planned this way, but I didn't expect that the land price over there has risen so much in the past two years. If we keep such a good land in our hands, I'm afraid we will be jealous and can't help but plot against us. If you just sell two yuan, the remaining few places will not be so eye-catching. When you need money in the future, just sell it."

Chu Yu smiled and said: "Since the forehead has made up its mind, it is naturally good!"

Cao Yong hesitated for a moment, and asked: "The exchanged Zhuangzi, I want to go back to the public, do you think it's okay? Even if it's not for the sake of Cao Song and his brothers, it's for the sake of my father." Come on. My father treats my second uncle most kindly, and I miss these nephews and nieces too. Every time I write home letters, half of them are instructions. They. In the early years, they sold their ancestral property because they were short-lived. Although the second uncle also allowed it at the beginning, my father has felt guilty all these years."

Even if Cao Yong decides these matters, Chu Yu would not say anything.Born in the palace since childhood, he was used to a life of rich clothes and fine food. After marrying here, Cao Yong is not stingy with money, and the young couple has never been short of money.Therefore, she did not keep all her husband's silver in her hands like other women.

However, Cao Yong was willing to talk to her and ask for her opinion, which made Chu Yu very happy.

She nodded with a smile, and said: "The meaning of the forehead, Chu Yu saves it, and lives at home. Naturally, everyone's hearts should be at ease. We have what we have, even if we take out money, it will only be for a while, not forever. The reason. It is also the heart of the father-in-law and the heart of the second wife to make up for some public property. It is Chu Yu who is busy with the house rules. Good. It’s just that what Chu Yu means is that this regulation should be finalized first, and we’ll talk about it when the second uncle is married and the second brother discusses marriage.”

Speaking of this, she showed a hint of naughtiness, and said: "The second wife has been addicted to the housekeeper recently, and it will take some time until she understands the difficulty before discussing this matter with her. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will happen again. I can't afford to go!"

*
South of the city, Pine Tree Alley, Cheng Zhai.

Cheng Mengxing went back to his hometown to serve his mother, and now Cheng Mengxing's niece, Han Jiangshi, lives here.After listening to Cao Yong's words, Han Jiang's family took care and asked people to find some women who were buying and selling, and came to ask some gossip about the business field.

The more she listened, the more ugly her face became, and she remembered the two little princes she met in Jiangning City in the early years.

Cao Yong's words made it clear that even the Cao family, even the Earl's Mansion, is nothing in the capital.The depth of the water in this capital city, there are dozens of royal palaces in Baylor Mansion.If there is no reliance, if you want to run a bank business, you have no intention of dreaming.

After sending the women away, Han Jiang sat down in a daze, wondering if she really wanted to run a dim sum shop, which was not what she wanted.

Silver building, clothing store, silk and satin village?Han Jiangshi thought about the business he knew about, but he still had no intentions.

She was puzzled over here, when the servant girl Xiaoxi came up with dim sum and said, "Girl, this elm money cake is ready, hurry up and try it!" As she spoke, she put the dim sum plate on the kang table , to throw a handkerchief, and wait for Han Jiangshi to wipe his hands.

The Han Jiang family is a widow and recruits a son-in-law, so they are still surrounded by servants from the Jiang family, so the maids are still called "girls".

Han Jiangshi let Xiaoxi wait for him and wiped his hands. Looking at the cake, he didn't extend his hand immediately, but asked, "Xiaoxi, do you think the dim sum in the capital is better, or the dim sum in our south?"

Xiaoxi smiled and said: "Of course our dim sum in the south is delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and melts in the mouth. It's not like the dim sum in Beijing. Most of them are hard. It's okay for adults to eat, but if they are old and young When children eat dim sum in Beijing, they have to pick and choose, otherwise it will be very difficult to digest.” Speaking of this, he said with a bit of melancholy: “Not to mention dim sum, even our salted duck in Jiangning is also good. But I never ate it again.”

Han Jiang's family grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was not used to the food in Beijing. After a year, he went north and brought his old cook to Beijing.

Hearing Xiaoxi mentioned the salted duck, Han Jiang's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "What else do you want to eat?"

Xiaoxi wrung her fingers and said, "Smoked fish, smoked shrimp, bad chicken, and sesame chili sauce, shrimp soy sauce... oh, the greedy worms in the stomachs of slaves are screaming!"

Han Jiangshi looked at the plate of dim sum on the kang table, with a smile on his face, and told Xiaoxi, "Bring the pen and ink, I want to write a post!"

Xiaoxi responded, and Han Jiangshi took a piece of dim sum, took a bite, and his mouth was filled with the fragrance of elm money.

What is she planning in this life?Since he decided to leave Jiangning and stop arguing with the Han family and Jiang family, he should live a good life in the capital.She has no shortage of money, so it's not easy to wrong her stomach.

Although it's not easy to go away from home, and you can't adapt to the environment of the capital by changing it to the south, but it's good to try her best to make her life more interesting.

It was because I was thinking about it, and I underestimated the dim sum business.Nowadays, the Jiangnan people who can gain a foothold in the capital are either rich or noble. If they have food that suits their appetite, the money will be no problem.

Although this business is not obvious and not revealing, but if it is managed well, there will be a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Han Jiangshi couldn't help regretting that he shouldn't have shown disdain in Cao's house that day.Speaking of which, the Cao family can manage this business by themselves, and there is no need to partner with her at all.This is just to take care of her for her uncle's sake.

Han Jiangshi knows it well, but he is not the one who can save his face and apologize.After thinking about it, she came up with a safe idea twice, that is, she decided to take a step back in the cooperation between the two companies. Since Cao Yong mentioned "five-five", then she would "four-six".

It's just that she can pay for this capital, but the real estate of this pavement needs to be planned by Cao's house.

Since you want to use the name of the Cao family, it is only appropriate to be worthy of the name, so as not to cause trouble for those who are not open-eyed, and have to beg the Cao family.The Cao family will only value this business if the profit they give up is large.

*
Not everyone is thinking about livelihood and business, but Cao Song is happy.Since Fu Guogong Lai Shi was dismissed and imprisoned, the marriage with Dong E's family will naturally come to nothing.

Now, it is already March, and in another five months, Cao Song's filial piety period will be over.

Although Mrs. Zhao Jia is busy managing family affairs, she still regards the eldest son's marriage as the main task.However, it is really in line with the saying, "you can't get it if you ask for it", the more you look forward to it, the more you can't look forward to it.

Even though Mrs. Zhao Jia went to the servant's mansion twice and asked her elder brother Murtai to come and have a talk with her, her sister-in-law still didn't let go.

I don't know how this word spread, but the news about Zhaojia's staff being responsible for his subordinates also reached her sister-in-law.Her sister-in-law had already learned about her sister-in-law's temper, and she was afraid that her daughter would be wronged if she became her daughter-in-law. After hearing this, she became even more unhappy.

Although it is good to have "aunty as a mother-in-law" and "aunt as a mother-in-law", it must be divided into people and temperaments.As for Zhao Jia's case, her sister-in-law really can't rest assured.

Her sister-in-law's pillow has been blown too much by the wind, and even Murtai is not as caring as she was years ago.According to what he meant, he wanted to see his nephew's future.

Zhao Jia was very angry, but there was nothing she could do, she could only scold her sister-in-law several times in her heart.

Although Cao Song wanted to test martial arts, Zhao Jia was not happy.She was thinking about asking Cao Yong to help her younger brother run away, to see if she could make up for the vacancy of a guard.

Even if you can't make up for a third-class bodyguard, you can make up for a Lanling bodyguard. It's still a sixth-rank official body. Isn't it more respectable than taking the martial arts exam and being a small official in another place?
It's just because of the troubles of years and years ago, Cao Yong and his young couple are far away from her now.She was also a little guilty, and couldn't bear to talk about it, so she thought about waiting for Cao Quan's filial piety to pass before bringing this up...

(End of this chapter)